Calls for Chinese Lanterns to be banned

[scudetto_boy]

Haven't invested any time on this topic but there seems to be a lot of genuine negative concerns about them. Bit of a pity cause i always thought they looked real good

[llcoolphil]

We can't ban everything just because its a percieved problem. surely its better to educate. i was unaware of the dangers until reading articles posted on here if i ever decided to buy some and set them off i would make sure there the non metal sort. Also with the calls for banning fireworks. thats ridiculous. it'd be like banning alcohol to stop binge drinking. there are always bad eggs why should the rest of society have ever more punitive sanctions pushed upon them and have our freedoms eroded away bit by bit because a few people can't be trusted.

[llcoolphil]

Haven't invested any time on this topic but there seems to be a lot of genuine negative concerns about them. Bit of a pity cause i always thought they looked real good

[Madyokel]

Must admit pretty in the sky they are.

We had a (luckily) dead one on our tent this year.

the wooden ones are a slightly better idea.

They have been on the banned list at Glasto for a couple of years at least..

Not that anybody would take any notice..

[Redwinevino]

Haven't invested any time on this topic but there seems to be a lot of genuine negative concerns about them. Bit of a pity cause i always thought they looked real good

[duggie20]

i'm 42 and had trouble letting one off although under pressure from my kids we nearly set fire to a push chair and ruined my zippo lighter so i would ban them age does not make you more responsable

[parsonjack]

too many of these now and the original magic of seeing them at glasto has pretty much gone for me...so given the well publicised issues i'd agree its time to see the back of themw.

i'm in thailand at the moment and on the beaches lanterns are the craze of the moment - they've always had them here but its now like the beach hawkers are cashing in on the demand in the uk. they still look pretty here though, and the locals are careful to launch them when the prevailing wind is towards the sea, even though there is an airport less than 1km away!

incidentally the other 'new' craze here is for those 'cosmic helicopter' things that you launch with a catapult and they spin to earth with a blue light...all you need to do to get one is wait for a breeze and they fall out of the trees there's so many stuck up there!

[smog]

I know some right 'kin idiots in their 30s though. One posted a pic of himself trying to set a lantern off in his street the other day. Ive seen him try to set 3 off now - none of which got over 5 feet in the air but bounced along the ground. He shouldn't be allowed near fireworks ever

[HurrahBrother]

Just not cool any more.

They look lovely. But it is just sooo overdone now.

If it was all bout remembering the dearly departed, I'd be launching them all weekend.

But, there is the fire risk, the harm to animals risk, and the fact that some people can't even be trusted to run a bath.

[Roger Explosion]

I never had a chance to let one off but i always wanted to. Now i know the damage they cause i wont feel the need to anymore.

Shame cos they're really puuuuurdy.

[Oddone]

They are currently prmoting wireless lanterns where it is a fire resistent biodegrabale materials.

Would that be ok with you?

[danbailey80]

They are currently prmoting wireless lanterns where it is a fire resistent biodegrabale materials.

Would that be ok with you?

[Oddone]

........."Indeed, Britain's fledgling Chinese lantern industry insists it is keen to address critics' concerns. Louise Williams of Essex-based Sky Lanterns says her company is going over to an entirely wire-free, biodegradable model fashioned from mulberry paper and a "completely digestible" bamboo rim which burns out before it reaches the ground...."

Surely this is a good compromise...I think worth a listen too...

[LondonTom]

YES. i feel so strongly about this! after having plenty of lit fireworks thrown at me. and seeing wee 15 year old neds with them. f**kin ban them!

the organised displays are cool, but they shouldn't be sold to the general public.

[Wanderlei]

I was put in direct physical danger twice because of those stupid lanterns. Ban 'em!

[cejx]

I was put in direct physical danger twice because of those stupid lanterns. Ban 'em!

[TomfromStroud]

Surely it's the cows' fault?

If they're stupid enough to eat wire then maybe they deserve to die. If I ate wire then I would probably die too.

Ban cows I say.

Note: the views expressed are not necessarily those of the writer. Your lantern may be at risk if you do not keep up repayments on your lantern.

[rexclark]

I just find it ridiculous that they were banned yet one of the first stalls I saw was selling them.

[Jackmypie]

Aww, why exactly are they so bad? I mean as long as they don't do it near the stages then everything should be ok right? Also the best things about the wednesday is going to Stone Circle and lighting up some lanterns and taking in the atmosphere Well it kinda is for me

[llcoolphil]

My point is, is that the security/stewards up at the park were watching the nobhead - and did nothing. Maybe they hadn't been briefed on the doos and don'ts of the festival?

[Vieuphoria]

they do damage to the livestock in the area, and if fire falls in a field of tents it's dangerous. That's the reason

[Neville Street]

I just find it ridiculous that they were banned yet one of the first stalls I saw was selling them.

[cejx]

Aww, why exactly are they so bad? I mean as long as they don't do it near the stages then everything should be ok right? Also the best things about the wednesday is going to Stone Circle and lighting up some lanterns and taking in the atmosphere Well it kinda is for me

[Jackmypie]

Jack - you're taking the piss right? Do you really have to ask!?

Phil - Yeah, silly me - I forget how much hand holding people seem to need nowadays!

[KaleidoscopeEyes]

I like them, even if one did almost land on me.